LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe Supreme Court issued an opinion in Chiles v. Salazar on Tuesday, ruling against a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for children. The court holds that a Colorado law banning conversion therapy, particularly with regard to talk therapy, “censors speech based on viewpoint,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. If conversion talk therapy can be banned by some states, so too could other states ban any talk therapy that affirms someone’s gender identity or sexual orientation, Kagan suggested. The case was brought to the court by Kaley Chiles, a Christian licensed therapist, who claimed that Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy for minors violated her rights to freedom of speech. However, studies do show that LGBTQ+ youth and adults who have been subjected to conversion therapy have higher rates of suicidality, depression and anxiety.
